Record

Performance TitleDr Barnardo's Homes - Young Helpers' League Annual Fete - 21st Birthday Celebration
Performance Date11 January 1913
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time15:00
Main PerformersDuke of Somerset (presiding) - speaker
Madame Blanche Marchesi - vocal

Boys and girls from Barnardo's institutions including:
Watts Naval Training School
Secondary PerformersLieutenant W N Custance RN - judge
ChoirsChoir of Barnardo's children (1,200 voices)
Set ListGuard of Honour for Princess Henry of Battenberg (Barnardo's boys),
Hymn (Choir),
Welcome Address (Duke of Somerset),
Competition (Crews from Watts Naval Training School),
Dances (Barnardo's girls),
Singing Games (Barnardo's nursery children),
Pageant of 'Alice in Wonderland',
Receiving of Purses for the charity and Presentation of Badges (Princess Henry of Battenberg),
'Ave Maria', Gounod (Marchesi),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHRH Princess Henry of Battenburg (Vice-President of the League)
Performance NotesThe Princess was attended by Miss Emily Bulteel and Mr Victor Corkran.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work8552Dr Barnardo's Homes - Young Helpers' League Annual Fete1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4177Princess Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg; Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore (1857-1944); British royal family member
DS/UK/156Young Helpers' League; 1891-; British charity founded by Thomas John Barnardo (Dr Barnardo)
DS/UK/4140Marchesi; Blanche (1863-1940); French mezzo-soprano
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